1 pp, Watertown, Apri8l 3, 1786. "Respected Sir, yours of this Date, I have this moment received, and you will permit me to apprise that I cannot be more happy than in having an opportunity to use what little influence I have, in your favor, as some little Return for.....
Probably written by Henry Markell (1791-1832) of Montgomery County, NY. Addressed to the Gould firm, Markell writes: " Gent. I went to Herkimer last week to see Mr. Goff respecting your demand and after making inquiries respecting his situation & prospects &c., I concluded it would be the best thing.....
9.5 inches tall, string-tied pictorial wraps, 8 pp, illustrated. About fine. The last of the 155 floating drydocks commissioned by the Navy to be constructed for use in the war (1946 was a little late for that!). Dravo was a major Navy contractor during WWII.
NY, Berlin, Munich: New Art Circle; Neue Kunstgemeinschaft, (1927). 9.5 inches tall, pictorial wraps, string tied, 16 pp (including rear cover, which has short introduction by Neumann). VG with light soil and a short ink streak to bottom of front wrap, contents VG. One of the earliest exhibitions of his.....
Each issue 8 pp, 11 inches tall, mainly very good, a few wrinkled or worn, two duplicates in addition to the 15 issues (not consecutive). No copies of this journal in any institution according to OCLC.
Slip measures 7.5 x 3 inches. Crowninshield (1771-1842), just 17 at the time, received the sum "on account of my father" - that would be George Crowninshield. The Crowninshields were among the cream of the Boston Brahmins. Nathaniel Hawthorne worked for, and married into, the family, which also had ties.....
Dated Sept. 14, 1932 and on his stationary, Wayburn takes the liberty of sending one of his students, Albertha Newman of Cincinnati to Mr. Brill in Hammsterstein's employ, in response to Hammerstein's request for a blonde because "I believe that with a little coaching and encouragement, and the proper routine.....
Conder was a well known numismatist, historian of Suffolk, and author of a book on the history of the Dissenting Ministers and of the Dissenters in general. The recipient, Turner, was nearly his equal as a historian of Yarmouth and region and published a book with views by John Sell.....
Anonymous, p. 3 of an unknown number, the first part discusses the ideas of Ludwig Mond (1839-1909), the second part discusses a mechanism that is indeed gigantic, each of its "crank discs" weighing five tons. What is most compelling to us about this, however, is the extreme tininess of the.....
On a large sheet of folded blue paper, measuring 12.5 inches wide, a "rough" sketch in ink of the layout of a large house fronting 2nd St. with extensive notes on measurements. On the other side of the sheet is a to-do list of other drawings and estimates needed: the.....
Probably in a response to an early autograph collector. Nicolas Marie Alexandre Vattemare (1796 in Paris – 1864), also known under the stage name Monsieur Alexandre, was a French ventriloquist and philanthropist who created the first international system for the exchange of items among libraries and museums (wikipedia); he was.....
1 pp, dated December 14, 1896 on the stationary of Club Professional "Oscar Primelles" (a political club dedicated to supplying Cuban and Puerto Rican separatists and insurgents with medical and surgical supplies, where De Zayas served as one of the secretaries), addressed "To whom it may concern," asking for assistance.....
Letter addressed to Robert H. Smith, a wealthy merchant who built a large house with a dry goods store on S. Front St, at the site of Hercules Courtney's tavern. Oddly addressed from Glasgow although it also seems to be addressed from Potts Grove, the manor house that was the.....
Urbana, Il: University Of Illinois Press, 1993. First edition thus. Paperback. Large paperback octavo in Near Fine condition. Book condition is Near fine with wear to edges and corners otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976. Third printing. Paperback. Paperback octavo in Good condition. Book is in Good condition wth creasing, corner wear and a chip on the front cover, back cover has stickering, staining and some of the information missing after a sticker was peeled, text block has soiling/ staining.....
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2007. First edition. Spiral Bound. Spiral bound quarto with laminated cover in Near Fine condition. Book is in Near Fine condition with light staining to front, light wear to edges and corners otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.....
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing, 2010. First edition. Spiral Bound. Spiral bound quarto with laminated cover in Near Fine condition. Book is in Near Fine condition with a bottom corner crease and light wear to edges and corners otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.....
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing, 2009. First edition. Spiral Bound. Spiral bound quarto with laminated cover in Near Fine condition. Book is in Near Fine condition with light wear to edges and corners otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing, 2009. First edition. Spiral Bound. Spiral bound quarto with laminated cover in Near Fine condition. Book is in Near Fine condition with light wear to edges and corners otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing, 2009. First edition. Spiral Bound. Spiral bound octavo with laminated cover in Near Fine condition. Book is in Near Fine with light cornerwear and some staining to the back cover otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ,
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. Second printing. Paperback. Soft cover octavo in Very Good condition. Book is in Very Good condition with toning to the cover and text block, creasing at the spine, mild corner and edge wear otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked.....
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2007. First edition. Spiral_Bound. Quarto, apiral bound with laminated cover. Book condition is Near Fine with light corner wear otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.
London: Arrow Books Limited, 1999. Later printing. Paperback. Thick octavo, paperback. Book condition is Very Good + with staining and soiling to the text block and light wear to edges otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked.
Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing, 2009. First edition. Spiral_Bound. Quarto, spiral bound with laminated cover. Book condition is Near Fine with light rubbing and light corner wear otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked. No DJ.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, hardcover in blue cardboard boards with dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine condition, jacket is Very Good +. Jacket shows rubbing and some wear to edges. Book has light wear to the boards otherwise binding is tight and pages.....